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Chuck Intrieri Executive Profile

The Logistics of Logistics

Chuck Intrieri is a: Certified Value Engineer (VE), Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), Certified Production and Inventory Control Manager (CPIM), and is Lean Certified all of which attests to his deep understanding of operations and logistics beyond the confines of the purchasing function.

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Is it Time for to Move Away from “World Class Supply Chains”?

NC State SCRC

An excerpt from our book “The Procurement Value Proposition” got a nice section of CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly edition this week. As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative, led by Professor Robert Monczka.

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Podcast: Rob Handfield on Suppliers, Data, Tech, and Talent

Requis

Meanwhile, salespeople for suppliers were trying to work around procurement. On every screen there were moving graphical visualizations of material inventory. Tom had literally put his inventory on these control towers, and it was all updating in real time. A supplier in China with 16-week lead times is NOT Lean!

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Labor Strike Targeting the Three U.S. Automakers- Update Two

Supply Chain Matters

As expected, with the existence of this industry’s just-in-time inventory replenishment planning, the implications of the work stoppages are cascading across individual automaker’s supply networks. He has further been a former faculty member at the University of Michigan.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

Online marketing enthusiast and an inventory and supply chain optimization devotee, David covers both ends of the supply chain at his Supply Chain Inventory & Supply Chain Optimization blog. Lynch is GM at Michigan logistics provider, Rock Solid Business Solutions. The Lean Thinker. milesahead. Weaver_davidw.

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It’s About Time for a new “World Class Supply Chain” Paradigm

NC State SCRC

As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University in 1992, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative. Many of these principles also coincided with the introduction of “lean manufacturing”, based on the “just-in-time” thinking pioneered by the likes of Toyota.

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

Importantly, flexible supply chains cut costs and improve cash flow, in part through a 10% to 40% increase in inventory turns. When Toyota pioneered lean production in Japan back in the 1970s, its suppliers facilitated this by being colocated nearby. “Stay rigid with scheduled check-ins.